Asymptotic SNR-performance of some image combination techniques for phased-array MRI

Signal Processing

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 997-1003

  Erdogmus, Deniz ^a   Larsson, Erik G ^b   Yan, Rui ^a   Principe, Jose C ^a   Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple coils; Phased array MRI; SNR analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICS;

MULTIPLE COILS; PHASED-ARRAY MRI; SNR ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 2342622648     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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